Holland gets grant for AI-equipped recycling trucks

Holland gets grant for AI-equipped recycling trucks

A full recycling bin at Green Lake Park during a heatwave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Sunday, June 27, 2021. Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — A new project is bringing high-tech cameras to Holland streets to determine whether items in recycling bins are actually recyclable. Starting in June, high-tech cameras, […]

Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar

Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar

There’s a big problem with generative AI, says Sasha Luccioni at Hugging Face, a machine-learning company. Generative AI is an energy hog. “Every time you query the model, the whole thing gets activated, so it’s wildly inefficient from a computational perspective,” she says. Take the Large Language Models (LLMs) at the heart of many Generative […]

GEEKOM A8 AI PC is now available for $749 and up.

GEEKOM A8 AI PC is now available for $749 and up.

TAIPEI, May 20, 2024 /CNW/ — The GEEKOM A8, a highly anticipated Next-Gen AI mini PC with an AMD HawkPoint Ryzen 8040 processor, is now available. The A8 employs a metal housing with rounded corners and anodized matte finish, giving it a gorgeous and stylish look. Having a footprint smaller than the palm of a […]

Microsoft Build Showed What Laptops With Qualcomm’s AI PC Chip Can Do

Qualcomm unveiled its next PC chip last October, the Snapdragon X Elite, as an alternative to Intel and AMD silicon that would rival Apple’s M-series in performance and battery life. At Microsoft Build, we saw the first wave of PCs using those chips announced — and what kinds of AI features Microsoft wants them to […]

Scarlett Johansson wants answers about ChatGPT voice that sounds like ‘Her’ : NPR

Scarlett Johansson wants answers about ChatGPT voice that sounds like ‘Her’ : NPR

When OpenAI announced its latest ChatGPT last week, the AI voice it used in its demo was quickly compared to Scarlett Johansson’s voice in the 2013 sci-fi film “Her,” but now the company says it is pulling the voice. Leon Bennett/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leon Bennett/Getty Images When OpenAI announced its latest ChatGPT […]

AI Solution to Manage Complex Document Processes for the Private and Public Sector Driven by Arteria AI & TCAP

AI Solution to Manage Complex Document Processes for the Private and Public Sector Driven by Arteria AI & TCAP

NEW YORK & MELBOURNE, Australia, May 20, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Commercial Advisory Partnership (TCAP) is proud to support the implementation of Arteria AI’s data-first solution for managing complex document processes in industries across Australia and New Zealand. Trusted by some of the world’s largest organisations, Arteria AI’s digital documentation infrastructure solution optimises legacy manual processes by […]

ChatGPT Removes AI Voice That Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson

ChatGPT Removes AI Voice That Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson

Just want her back. Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection ChatGPT better keep Colin Jost’s wife’s voice out of its mouth. The OpenAI voice “Sky,” which sounded eerily similar to Scarlett Johansson’s in the movie Her, was suspended on May 20. “We’ve heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky,” OpenAI posted on […]